[HP] Sickness and Medicine

It can be realized but cannot be completely replaced.

euphoria ([-])

The Digorys did not stay till tea time, and most of the scones she baked went into Myron's belly.After Myron finished eating, he was silent for a while before suddenly asking, "Lola, are you talented in baking?"

"I don't know," Dolores replied.Because she doesn't like sweets very much, she rarely buys them, let alone make them herself.After adopting Eli in her previous life, she would occasionally enter the kitchen for him at his request.Eli always eats deliciously, which is understood by her as a hunger effect.

"Then at school, when you have free time, what do you usually do?" Myron asked cautiously, "Reading? Chatting? Playing around with other girls?"

"Let's go with friends, there is a girl I have a good relationship with, named Kara Lake."

"Is there any subject you are good at or enjoy?"

This time Dolores thought for a moment before she said uncertainly: "There are no particularly outstanding subjects, but I spend more time on Potions."

"Potion, it's also very good." Myron showed an encouraging smile: "It has a better future than baking. In short, just do what you like to do!"

Dolores agreed, knowing that he was trying to understand her and guide her to plan ahead for the future.This kind of love from her father was almost a new experience in two lifetimes. She didn't feel disgusted at all, but was moved in her heart and was willing to take his confession to heart.

Realizing that Myron is very supportive of her socializing with Cedric, she was invited to participate in the activities of the flying club more than once during the two months of summer vacation.Cedric is a very patient and responsible guide. At first he led her to fly on a tandem broomstick, and later he chased her in the field alone with a broomstick.The feeling that the blue sky and white clouds seem to be within reach is indeed very good, and Dolores inevitably enjoys it, and her mood opens up visibly with the naked eye.

In the end, with Myron's support, she got her own broomstick and swept the Seven Stars relatively well.But she didn't bring it to school, she didn't have flying lessons in fourth year, and she didn't play Quidditch, so there was no need to bother.

On the morning of September [-]st, Myron, who was at work, entrusted Dolores to Grace, so Dolores and Cedric boarded the train together, and separated after packing their luggage.Cedric has just become a prefect, and there are many things to be familiarized with the old prefects; Dolores also needs to meet her in the box that she occupied first, as agreed with Kara.

"Dolly—" Cara rushed over as soon as she saw her: "Long time no see, I miss you so much!"

"Hey, I miss you too." Dolores was not used to such an outward expression, but it didn't disappoint her either.

"Dolly, there is something you must tell me honestly!" Carla pulled her to sit down: "Are you dating Digory from our academy?"

"You mean Seid? Nothing..."

"You call him Seid, so close, and you still say it's okay?"

"No, Carla, I didn't tell you about him, how did you know?"

"You go in and out of Hogsmeade together, and students will always see it. You and Digory are quite popular at school, and you are together, can you not attract attention?"

"You all misunderstood." Dolores reiterated helplessly: "His parents and my father are friends, and we became friends, that's all..."

Before she finished speaking, there was a knock on the door, and Kara rushed to open the door of the box, but unexpectedly there was the person they were talking about standing outside.

Cedric handed Dolores a paper box: "This is the plum pie baked by my mother. It may not be as good as yours. But if you don't prepare it, it can be eaten at noon."

Dolores didn't accept it immediately, he simply put it on the table: "Don't try to give it to me, I have one too. Well, I have to go, see you at school!"

"Thank you, see you at school!" Dolores nodded to him.

As soon as the box door was closed, Carla turned around and showed a teasing smile: "Is that all?"

"That's right." Dolores didn't change her words.

Cedric was undoubtedly a good boy, and perhaps a famous wizard in the future, given that she seemed to have heard his name somewhere in a previous life, but she hadn't thought about the possibility of her own empathy.And if there is no possibility, she will not do it at all.It's fine if their relationship stops at friendship.

The journey back to school this year was not smooth, the train stopped suddenly halfway, and the tall and terrifying dementors searched everywhere, making this rainy day even more gloomy and cold.Several Hufflepuff students suffered emotional breakdowns under the influence of the dementors and were rushed to the school hospital as soon as they got off the train.

Thinking of the arrest warrant in the newspaper, Dolores sighed silently.Of course she remembered that Sirius Black had been wronged, and that the real culprit was Peter Pedillo; but without proof that the latter was not dead, trying to get justice for Black would be tantamount to slandering the Ministry of Magic.She hadn't had the luck of Harry Potter, having the Animagus' mouse crash right into her hand.Rufus Scrimgeour, who reversed Black's case three years later, tightened the last fig leaf of the Ministry of Magic. In order to prevent the Auror Ministry from being accused of being incompetent by the public, he did not announce the whereabouts of Pediru's disappearance for more than ten years.

However, whether the Ministry of Magic made it public or not, it made no difference to Dolores.In addition to her compassion from a personal point of view, she also puts Severus in another way, so even if it doesn't make him worse, her first choice is to stand on the sidelines.She couldn't be more clear about the grievances between them, even if she knew Black's tragic fate, she would not forgive Severus.This is a position she is biased in introspection but unwilling to shake.

On the carriage, Carla tremblingly gnawed on chocolate: "Merlin, Dolly, how could there be such terrible creatures in the world! As soon as they approached, I felt very uncomfortable, depressed and bored, as if there was nothing in this world." What a joy!"

"They are dark creatures that feed on happiness." Dolores looked up at the dementors floating in mid-air outside the castle: "Human souls are also their food."

"If only there were still creatures that produced happiness, relatively! Oh, and I don't mean funny, laugh-making creatures."

"There are no creatures, but there are medicines—the euphoria, which we will learn in sixth grade."

"Does it really create happiness?"

"Yes, but there are side effects, such as non-stop singing and even twisted nose."

"Forget it, I'll eat chocolate!"

The opening banquet will be held as usual.This year's newly recruited black defense professor was an acquaintance. After listening to Dumbledore's introduction, Dolores subconsciously went to see Severus, and she found that he had an undisguised hatred on his face.Premonitioning that he would not be in a good mood for the whole school year, Dolores shrank back from the crowd, resolutely determined to keep a distance from him.

The second job change was in Care of Magical Creatures, with Rubeus Hagrid replacing Silvanos Kettleburn, and Dolores also had a bad feeling about it.The three-headed dog she injured two years ago is said to be Hagrid's pet. I don't know if the half-breed giant will take the opportunity to avenge his "cute".

However, as the semester began, most people gradually liked the changes brought about by the two new professors.Remus Lupine is knowledgeable and patient, and students can finally learn something from this course; Rubeus Hagrid can provide many interesting magical creatures, which directly increases the interest of the course.Of course, the revenge that Dolores was worried about did not happen. Hagrid may also be born in Gryffindor.

Dolores originally shared the same hatred with Severus, and she didn't have a good impression of any of the four robbers, but after taking Lupine's class, she slightly changed her opinion of him, and suspected that he had played tricks on Severus in the first place. The idea should be counted on the old Potter and Black.

But when the news that he led Neville Longbottom to use Boggart to humiliate Severus came out, Dolores' favor with him instantly disappeared.She temporarily forgot the concept of prudence in words and deeds, and after watching and studying a few pranks by others, she used a silent spell to break Lupine's belt at a lively dinner, making him lose face in front of the teachers and students.

Severus, who was on the teacher's seat, showed his first smile since entering school. She held her heart and felt satisfied, and she was also mentally prepared to be exposed.However, to her surprise, Lupine just laughed it off and said that there was no need to pursue it, which made her feel complicated beyond words.

In fact, her next plan is to spread the news that Lupine is a werewolf by taking advantage of Hufflepuff's rampant rumors.It was all too easy to guess—Lupine would miss class every full moon, and when Severus took over for the first time, he implicitly led the students to review the werewolves they had learned in the third year.

In the end, because of Lupine's generosity, Dolores gave up her plan to argue with him and returned to the crowd as an ordinary Hufflepuff student.The only thing that troubled her was that the news of her relationship with Cedric spread more and more widely. An Asian girl named Qiu Zhang even brought her friend to question her face to face, but ran away crying before she could explain clearly.

Cedric also seemed to think that there should be a conclusion to the matter, so on a night when all the classes were over, he asked Dolores out of the common room and went into an empty classroom in the cellar to talk.Dolores felt his nervousness, and her heart sank.

"Well, Lola, look, we still get along..." Cedric finally said, "So, will you be my girlfriend?"

"Sorry." Dolores replied without hesitation, "We are just friends."

"Oh, friend." Cedric looked disappointed: "Korola, what's wrong with me?"

"No, you're fine." Dolores said softly.